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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
May. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Innocare Urologics, Llc, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Pinchuk, Miami, FL (US);
Bryan Pinchuk, Miami, FL (US);
Gary A. Kalser, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
InnoCare Urologics, LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0074 (2013.01); A61M 25/001 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon retention urinary catheter includes a porous and spongy distal tip. In one method, a polymer is mixed with sacrificial particles and the mixture is molded in the form of the tip, and then cured. The cured tip is then placed in a solvent in which the sacrificial particles elute from the tip but in which the polymer is insoluble. Once the particles elute out of the polymer in the tip, a softer porous polymeric structure results. The tip may be structured to be softer prior to use or for transformation to a softer state once in the bladder.